March 30, 2007

OLATHE, Kan. - Oklahoma Christian earned all 13 first-place votes to stay 13 points ahead of conference- and region-rival Oklahoma City, who earned the No. 2 spot with 312 rating points.

British Columbia stayed at No. 3 this week, while Wayland Baptist (Texas) moved up six from No. 10 to No. 4. St. Ambrose (Iowa) checks in at No. 5, while the Top 10 ends with Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.), Johnson & Wales (Fla.), Lee (Tenn.), Malone (Ohio) and Northwood (Texas).

Six teams entered the Top 25, which includes 26 teams due to a tie at the poll's final spot between College of the Southwest (N.M.) and Morningside (Iowa).

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	POINTS
1	1	Oklahoma Christian (VI)	13	325
2	2	Oklahoma City (VI)		312
3	3	British Columbia (I)		290
4	10	Wayland Baptist (Texas) (VI)		275
5	4	St. Ambrose (Iowa) (VII)		251
6	T-5	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II)		249
7	9	Johnson & Wales (Fla.) (XIV)		244
8	8	Lee (Tenn.) (XIII)		237
9	T-5	Malone (Ohio) (IX)		222
10	7	Northwood (Texas) (VI)		215
11	12	Texas Wesleyan (VI)		180
12	T-14	Berry (Ga.) (XIII)		177
13	13	California State-San Marcos (II)		163
14	16	Lindenwood (Mo.) (V)		140
15	20	Victoria (B.C.) (I)		139
16	23	Savannah Art and Design (Ga.) (XIV)		138
17	18	Bethel (Ind.) (VIII)		95
18	21	Webber International (Fla.) (XIV)		94
19	t-24	Holy Names (Calif.) (II)		92
20	NR	Mobile (Ala.) (XIII)		73
21	NR	Tiffin (Ohio) (IX)		43
22	17	Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (XIV)		38
23	NR	Marian (Ind.) (VIII)		37
24	NR	Southwestern (Kan.) (IV)		27
25	NR	College of the Southwest (N.M.) (VI)		23
25	NR	Morningside College (Iowa) (III)		23

 

Others Receiving Votes: California Baptist (II), 20; Indiana Wesleyan (VIII), 18; Grand View (Iowa) (VII), 14; Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (I), 11; William Woods (Mo.) (V), 11; Cedarville (Ohio) (IX), 10; Campbellsville (Ky.) (XI), 8; Thomas University (Ga.) (XIV), 7; Shorter (Ga.) (XIII), 6; California State-East Bay (II), 4; Concordia (Calif.) (II), 3; Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) (III), 3; Missouri Baptist (V), 3; Ohio Dominican (IX), 2; Concordia (Oreg.) (I), 1; Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (XI), 1; Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) (IX), 1.